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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Donor: Dover Rotary Club
DOVER — Forty-five third grade students at Portsmouth Christian Academy
went home with a special gift recently – just four days before
Christmas. But this is one gift that will expand their knowledge for
years to come.
Members from the Dover Rotary Club visited PCA to
meet the students and individually hand out dictionaries. The
presentation was part of The Dictionary Project, which is a nonprofit
organization whose goal is to improve the reading ability and
comprehension of all children, helping students become active readers,
good writers, creative thinkers, and resourceful learners. The
dictionaries are a ... Click to read full story ... | | Dover Rotarian Jim Verschueren presented dictionaries to the third-grade students at Portsmouth Christian Academy. This is the first year that the Dover Rotary Club h... |
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Grange gives dictionaries to third graders
By: Patrick Cronin Hampton Union
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Donor: Oceanside Grange # 260
The Hampton Grange presented every third-grader at Marston School last week with his or her own personal dictionary, which can be put it to good use now and for the rest of their lives.
Laura Eld, master of Oceanside Grange 260 in Hampton, joined representatives of her organization in presenting 136 students with a new dictionaries during an assembly at the school on Nov. 12.
The Grange has been distributing dictionaries at no cost to third-graders since 2002, and to date has handed out over 1,040 books.
`Many school districts are unable to provide individual dictionaries, so we decided ... Click to read full story ... | | The Oceanside Grange 260 in Hampton presented third-graders at Marston School with personal dictionaries last week. |
By: - Concord Monitor
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Donor: Meredith Village Savings Bank
Meredith Village Savings Bank is continuing its partnership with local New Hampshire Granges to provide custom dictionaries to third-grade students. Over the years, the bank and the Grange have supplied dictionaries to more than 5,000 students in central New Hampshire as part of The Dictionary Project. Click to read full story ...
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By: - Winnisquam Echo
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Donor: Harmony Grange # 99
The Dictionary Project came to the third grade at Sant Bani School, as alumna Mackenzie Hussman, class of 2006, and her mother, Vicki Hussman of Tilton, returned to Sant Bani recently to present Sam Conkling`s third grade class with a very special gift.
The Hussmans came on behalf of Harmony Grange # 99 in Sanbornton to give dictionaries to every student in the third grade as part of The Dictionary Project being held by granges throughout the state. The New Hampshire Project originated with the Pemigewasset Valley Grange and is supported by many local Granges. It was to be a five-year project and is now in its seventh year and going... Click to read full story ... | | Sam Conkling’s third-grade class proudly displays their personal dictionaries with their guests, Mackenzie Hussman and her mom Vicki. |
By: - Foster's Daily Democrat
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Donor: Rochester Grange, Somersworth Grange
A big thank you to Rochester Grange Number 86 and Somersworth Grange Number 264! On Monday, February 2, 2009 , Mr George Everard of the Grange presented each member of the third grade class, and the Paul School library, with a Student Dictionary and Gazetteer, published by The Dictionary Project. The book is not just a dictionary but includes the United States Constitution and Declaration of Independence, information on every state, maps of the world and facts about other countries, biographies of each US President, and so much more. The last page shows the longest word in the English language — 1909 letters long! Ask a Paul ... Click to read full story ...
By: - Colebrook Chronicle
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Donor: Mohawk Grange
Third graders at Colebrook Elementary School each received new dictionaries from Mohawk Grange on Monday, Jan. 5. Pictured with the students, in the back row, are Grangers Lynda Gaudette, Ginger Jannenga, Bob Burrill, Elaine Haynes and teacher Kaye Moren. /Donna Jordan photo. Click to read full story ... |  | |
By: - Suncook Valley Sun
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Donor: Chichester Grange
Chichester Grangers Hannah West and Carolee Davison have been very busy lately, presenting dictionaries to third graders in four local schools. The Granges in New Hampshire are proud to be part of The Dictionary Project, a nationwide program based in Charleston , South Carolina , whose goal is to present a personal dictionary to each third grade student in the United States . The New Hampshire Granges have covered two-thirds of the third graders in the state for a number of years, and this year in special recognition of their efforts The Dictionary Project is donating enough dictionaries to provide for the remaining students, so... Click to read full story ...
By: - Hills Garrison School News
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Donor: Hudson Grange
On November 6th the Hudson Grange continued their Dictionary Project with the Hudson School District. (This is the 2nd year of a 5 year project.) Mr. Jerry Leclerc and Mr. Bob Haefner presented each third grade student with a dictionary to keep. The children were very excited about writing their names inside and receiving a dictionary of their own. The classroom teachers were equally excited to have their students get such a helpful reference book to use.
Special thanks go to the Hudson Grange for choosing such a meaningful project.
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By: - Credit Union Times
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Donor: Centennial Grange, Northeast Credit Union
Northeast Credit Union, Portsmouth , N.H. , made a donation to Barrington `s Centennial Grange #185 to cover the cost of 489 dictionaries in support of The Dictionary Project. As part of the project, Grange and Northeast Credit Union will provide third grade students with their own personal dictionaries. The dictionaries will be distributed to elementary schools in Barrington , Northwood, Nottingham , Strafford, Deerfield , Auburn , and Candia . The Dictionary Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit association in all 50 states and receives its funding from donations and sponsors who introduce the program in their local schools. ... Click to read full story ...
By: Cutter Mitchell The Citizen
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Donor: NH Dictionary Project
Third grade students at Gilford Elementary School now have a dictionary to call their own.
These dictionaries came through a joint program put on by Meredith Savings Bank and the New Hampshire State Grange.
As a part of the program, Meredith Savings Bank and the Grange provided third grade students with their own personal dictionaries with the hope of furthering their literary education.
`The neat thing about (the dictionaries) is they have a lot of other information in them,` said Principal Sandy McGonagle, who explained that this program is a huge benefit to her students.
Many of ... Click to read full story ... |  | | THIRD GRADE students at Gilford Elementary School each received their own dictionary thanks to a program sponsored by Meredith Village Savings Bank and the New Hampsh... |
By: Laura Eld
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Donor: Oceanside Grange/Dictionary Project NH
HAMPTON , NH
OceanSide Grange #260 , in cooperation with The Dictionary Project NH , recently completed the latest portion of an on-going program to provide to third grade students throughout the state with paperback dictionaries for their personal use.
According to Ocean Side Grange President Laura Eld, it has been the goal of Ocean Side Grange over the last several years to make sure that every third grader at the Marston School has their own dictionary.
To that end, members of the Hampton-based Grange fulfilled their commitment this year when they presente... Click to read full story ...
By: Pat Bailey
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Donor: Hudson Grange/Dictionary Project NH
Hudson Grange # 11 presented over 300 copies of A Student`s Dictionary to 3rd grade students at the four elementary schools in Hudson on October 25, 2007 . Project Chairman Pat Bailey, assisted by members Rick Bailey, Jerry LeClerc, Bob Haefner & Claire Gagnon, visited with the students at Dr. H.O. Smith School, Library Street School , Nottingham West Elementary School and Hills Garrison Elementary School to explain the Dictionary Project, distribute the dictionaries and talk with the students. We showed them how to use the dictionary as well as the other helpful information contained in the book. ... Click to read full story ...
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By: Dorothy Haskins newspaper
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Donor: Daniel Webster Grange
Daniel Webster Grange members recently distributed dictionaries to the third-grade students of the Webster and Salisbury schools and will soon present dictionaries to the third-grade students at the Boscawen school. This project was started at a school that had many students from low-income families who couldn`t afford to purchase dictionaries for their children.
The Grange effort is part of a larger project which includes third-grade students in schools across the United States. If a New Hampshire town no longer has a grange organization, many Granges in New Hampshire have picked up the slack to cover more than one town. Daniel W... Click to read full story ... | | Daniel Webster Grange member Dorothy Haskins stands beside the Salisbury School sign after Grange members distributed dictionaries to the third graders in the school.... |
By: - New Hampshire Sunday News
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Donor: Pembroke Grange
The Pembroke Grange gave out dictionaries to the third-grade class at the Maple Avenue Elementary School in Goffstown. Click to read full story ... |  | | Third grader Brianna is handed a dictionary by John Saturley of the Pembroke Grange. Behind her is Kylee. |
By: David Boynton
Saturday, September 01, 2007
Donor: Pembroke Grange/Dictionary Project NH
John Saturley presents an imposing figure. Standing straight and tall at well over 6 feet, he towers over most adults, and must seem like a giant to the scores of third graders he mingles with in making presentations for The Dictionary Project.
Now living in Chichester , John and his wife Doris, a retired elementary school teacher, were long-time residents of Pembroke and still remain involved in the local activities there. When they heard about The Dictionary Project NH, they set about almost immediately to get the project sponsored by Pembroke Grange for the local schools. The first presentations in... Click to read full story ...
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Donor: Miller Grange
Miller Grange, in cooperation with Willard`s General Store, presented dictionaries to the third grade students at Temple Elementary School. This is the first year Miller Grange has been involved with the project, joining several neigboring Granges to provide dictionaries to students in all schools within the Con-Val Regional, Monadnock Regional and Mascenic Regional School Districts.
Miller Grange, along with their neighboring Granges, participate in the project through The Dictionary Project NH, which presented 7,300 dictionaries to students throughout the state. Click to read full story ... | | Pictured are (at rear, L-R) Olive Bourque (affiliate member), Emilie Willard and Phylis Mazza, with the students at Temple Elementary School. |
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Thursday, June 07, 2007
Donor: The Dictionary Project, New Hampshire
The Dictionary Project, New Hampshire is a project of the Pemigewasset Valley Pomona Grange. Granges and other civic organizations throughout the state participate in distributing dictionaries to schoolchildren in their towns. Click to read full story ... | | Vernon Fisher and Edith Compton, members of Ashuelot Grange #129, Gilsum NH, present dictionaries at the Sullivan Elementary School, which serves the towns of Sulliva... |
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Thursday, June 07, 2007
Donor: Pineconia Grange
Third-grade students at Dunbarton Elementary School received a gift November 28. Rodney and Shelley Huntoon, representing Pineconia Grange of Concord, handed each student their own dictionary to keep with them throughout their academic careers.
`These don`t belong to the school--they belong to you,` Huntoon said as he urged students to write their names on a special label inside the front cover of their new dictionaries.
Odessa, one of the third-grade students receiving the dictionary, said it made her feel special. `I know I will be able to take it home at the end of the year and use it all summer,` she said with a big smi... Click to read full story ... | | Third graders at Dunbarton Elementary School recently received personal dictionaries from Pineconia Grange 322 as part of The Dictionary Project. |
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Donor: Jaffrey Grange
Members of Jaffrey Grange continued their participation in The Dictionary Project, presenting dictionaries to a total of 139 students at the Rindge Memorial School and Jaffrey Elementary School.
This is the fourth year Jaffrey Grange has participated in the Project, in cooperation with The Dictionary Project NH. Jaffrey Grange Master Olive Bourque, assisted by other members, made the presentations at the schools and were rewarded with an enthusiastic response from the students.
Mrs. Bourque is extremely pleased that her Grange has been enthusiastic in supporting the Dictionary Project. Though few in active members, the Gran... Click to read full story ... |  | | Word lovers: Third graders at Rindge Memorial School show off their new dictionaries, presented to the students by Olive Bourque, center, representing the local Jaff... |
By: Louise Harvey
Friday, May 04, 2007
Donor: Rockingham Grange #183
We have really enjoyed giving these kids the dictionaries. It is just fun to see them all and then get their Thank Yous. We set up a display of them in our Library, and folks are really interested to see the results.
One of the thank you letters the Grange received:
Dear Grange Members,
Thank you for the dictionary. I like the dictionary. I do not have to go to the teacher to spell almost every word, I can look it up. I like to look at the 43 presidents and the eight planets.
From Bradley Click to read full story ... |  | | Children look through the dictionaries they received from the Rockingham Grange. |
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Monday, April 16, 2007
Donor: Starr King Grange
On Wednesday, April 11, Starr King Grange members Lucille Cameron, Dave Wilson and Ann Leger presented dictionaries to the third grade students in Miss Kelly Smith`s class at Jefferson Elementary school . Starr King Grange provides the dictionaries as a community service in cooperation with The Dictionary Project NH, which provided dictionaries to over 7,000 third grade students in the state during the current school year.
Ann Leger, Lecturer of Starr King Grange, explained to the children that community service projects such as this are a major focus of the Grange. The Dictionary Project is intended to help enco... Click to read full story ... | | Ann Leger (front right), Lucille Cameron and Dave Wilson (rear right), members of Starr King Grange, presented dictionaries to students in teacher Kelly Smith`s (rear... |
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By: Liz Premo Atlantic News
Monday, January 01, 2007
Donor: Oceanside Grange
HAMPTON--Oceanside Grange member Laura Eld knows what time of year it is when the UPS driver arrives at her home with boxes in tow, proclaiming, `Dictionaries!`
It`s time to transport those boxes to Marston School, where third grade students will become the recipients of the brand new dictionaries contained therein.
This is the fourth of a five-year New Hampshire Grange program to put dictionaries in the hands of every third grader in the state. This year, Oceanside Grange handed out a total of 149 dictionaries to Marston School third graders.
Proclaiming this year`s distribution of dictionaries by the Oceanside Gran... Click to read full story ... | | Oceanside Grange member Dennis Blain distributes dictionaries to students at the Marston School, Hampton NH. This is the fourth year the Grange has made the presenta... |
Monday, January 01, 2007
Donor: Dictionary Project NH
The Dictionary Project is grateful to David Boynton for his very generous offer to organize the Dictionary Project in New Hampshire. Please contact him if you or your organization would like to implement the Dictionary Project in New Hampshire.
He can be reached by calling: 603-279-4914 or email: dhboynton@juno.com Click to read full story ...
By: Carol Bennett
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Donor: Bellows Falls Elks Club
Karen and Rocky Putnam and Ray Bouisson of the Bellows Falls Elks Club
delivered dictionaries to 5th graders today. The students were thrilled to
get them and were amazed at the amount of information available in the back
of the book. This is a wonderful project which I hope will continue for
years to come. We talked about delivering them in September in the future.
Thanks again for this project. Click to read full story ...
By: Patrick O`Grady
Friday, October 27, 2006
Donor: Anonymous
Dear Mary,
For the second year, an anonymous donor has purchased dictionaries for the third grade classes in the three elementary schools in Claremont, N.H. About 250 students each year at Bluff Elementary, Disnard Elementary and Maple Avenue Elementary have received the dictionaries.
Sincerely,
Patrick O`Grady Click to read full story ... |  | | Third grade teacher Colleen Coskren hands out dictionaries to students at Bluff Elementary School in Claremont, N.H. earlier this month. (October)
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Sunday, May 22, 2005
Donor: Pineconia Grange
Rodney and Shelley Huntoon are very active in their community. Whether they are volunteering at the Centennial Senior Center , American Red Cross, Merrimack County Nursing Home or one of the many other places where they donate their time, energies and know-how, Rodney and Shelley are always busy. This busy couple also knows dictionaries. Aside from the weight of these books, Rodney and Shelley know that dictionaries are a `must` for a school child. They know that not every child has access to one outside of school. As members of Pineconia Grange and RSVP the Huntoon`s have been helping to bring di... Click to read full story ...
Sunday, May 22, 2005
Donor: Pineconia Grange
B onnie Plummer, a cleaning lady in Georgia with a sixth- grade education, realized the potential value the dictionary offered children. Her vision of hav ing one in every set of hands has become the nationwide Dictionary Project.
Mary French of South Carolina (daughter-in-law of Arline French of Havenwood) has picked up the idea. Recognizing that so many schools have few dictionaries, and that they are often outdated, French has produced one for young children and distributed it to every third-grader in South Caroli na . French considers third-grade an ideal time to begin dictionary ... Click to read full story ...
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Saturday, January 01, 2005
Donor: Ocean Side Grange
Click to read full story ... | | Ocean Side Grange member Laura Eld stands with Martson School third graders after they received their dictionaries from the grange. |
Saturday, January 01, 2005
Donor: Ocean Side Grange, in conjunction with Granges throughout New Hampshire
HAMPTON — Ocean Side Grange, in conjunction with Granges throughout New Hampshire, has accomplished the first portion of a five-year program to donate dictionaries to every third grade student throughout the state.
According to Ocean Side Grange President Laura Eld, `It is the goal of Ocean Side Grange to see that, for the next four years, every third grader at the Marston School will have their own personal dictionary.`
To that end, members of the Hampton-based Grange fulfilled their commitment last week when they presented Webster`s Classic Reference Library paperback dictionaries to 160 Marston third graders.
<... Click to read full story ... |  | | VOLUMES OF THANKS — Ocean Side Grange members (from left, Helen Garland, Laura Eld, Dennis Blain and Dottie Rogers) recently presented 160 Marston School third grader... |
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Saturday, January 01, 2005
Donor: Pine Grove Grange 298
BATH — Pine Grove Grange 298 will have a dictionary to use. Grange 298 of Bath has presented personal dictionaries at the Monroe Consolidated School . Ray Burton, Governor`s Council Member and Grafton County Commissioner, spoke for the Grange about the power of words and their proper use.
Pine Grove Grange 298 has added Monroe Consolidated School to the personal dictionaries to each third-grade students at the Lisbon and Bath schools in a previous ceremony. It is the goal of the Grange that at some future date every third grade student in the nation will have a dictionary to use as a personal tool and guide.
Click to read full story ... | | Students at the Monroe Consolidated School are pleased to receive their personal dictionaries donated by Pine Grove Grange in Bath. Sharing the presentation is Execut... |
Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and even the best is not quite sure
Saturday, January 01, 2005
Donor: Dorchester Grange
ASHLAND -- Computer aided technology has proven to be a real boon in the education field.
That doesn`t mean, however, that good old fashioned dictionaries have become obsolete. Indeed, the thick book made famous by Webster`s was in abundance last Wednesday at the elementary school here as Meredith Village Savings Bank and the Squam Lakes Grange doubled up for a dictionary donation to Mrs. Belyea`s third grade class.
The presentation was made by Noreen Crawford of the Squam Lakes Grange. Jill Mudgett was also in attendance on behalf of the bank. This actually started as a project of the Pemi Valley Pomona, Crawford l... Click to read full story ... |  | | AES third graders jubilantly display dictionaries they pulled out of a box being held by Jill Mudgett of Meredith Village Savings Bank. Center is Noreen Crawford of t... |
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Saturday, January 01, 2005
Donor: Local Granges
Click to read full story ... | | Given to us by local Granges in New Hampshire, this map reflects areas in which books have been delivered. We look forward to updating this map on a regular basis. - ... |
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By: KRISTA MARRS, Staff Writer
Saturday, January 01, 2005
Donor: New Hampshire Grange
Representatives from the state Grange had several local chapters visit schools on Thursday to hand out the new dictionaries to each of the students.
Noreen Crawford, representing the Squam Lakes Grange, said that a collaboration with Meredith Village Savings Bank allowed for the donation. She told students in both Jane Gallant and Barbara Whynot`s third-grade classes that the idea or donating dictionaries came from a woman in South Carolina, who gave dictionaries to third-grade students in her class, and then to all third-grade students in the district before adopting a goal of providing every third-grader in the United Sta... Click to read full story ... | | Third-graders at Woodland Heights School, look through their very own dictionaries. Representatives of the Grange and Meredith Village Savings Bank presented the dict... |
Saturday, January 01, 2005
Donor: Andover Grange
Click to read full story ... |  | | THIRD GRADERS at. Kearsarge Regional Elementary School in New London received their own personal dictionaries last Thursday from members of the Andover Grange. Above,... |
DOVER — `Look it up.`
By: HIROKO SATO Democrat Staff Writer
Saturday, January 01, 2005
Donor: Jason Hindle & Wife
That`s the catchphrase two elected city officials will be using to remind youngsters that dictionaries are a source of knowledge when they donate hundreds of reference books to local elementary schools later this month.
City Councilor Jason Hindle and his wife and School Board member Heather Orion Hindle are expected to visit the city`s three public elementary schools on Oct. 18 to present their donation. Each of these schools will receive as many third-grade dictionaries as the number of grade 3 children it has.
The first presentation will be at 1 p.m. at Horne Street Elementary, which will receive 78 dictionaries. T... Click to read full story ...
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Saturday, January 01, 2005
Donor: Jason Hindle & Spouse
Mary,
This is part two of our work in distributing the dictionaries. We spent the afternoon packing and separating the dictionaries between the three elementary schools. The pictures that you will see are of my wife and I packing and putting labels inside the dictionaries.
Hope you enjoy. This is for your records.
Jason Click to read full story ... | |
Sunday, September 01, 2002
Donor: Local Granges
Through a cooperative effort involving local Granges and Meredith Village Savings Bank, third grade students in schools throughout the area will be receiving paperback dictionaries provided through the Dictionary Project - NH.
The Dictionary Project - NH, initiated in this area by Pemigewasset Valley Pomona Grange will provide grade-appropriate paperback dictionaries to the students in schools within the Newfound Pemigewasset and Baker`s River areas, as well as schools in other towns in Grafton, Belknap, Merrimack Carroll and Sullivan counties. The initial distribution of more than 1,200 copies in schools covering 41 towns started... Click to read full story ...
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Dictionary Project, Post Office Box 1845, Charleston, SC 29402 . Articles and
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